# Surftech
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{{Infobox company
| founded = {{start date and age|1992}} in [Santa Cruz, California](/source/Santa_Cruz%2C_California)
| founder = [Randy French](/source/Randy_French)
| parent = Triple D
| website = {{url|surftech.com}}
}}
'''Surftech''' is a [surfboard](/source/surfboard) and [standup paddleboard](/source/standup_paddleboard) manufacturing company.[ [https://www.prweb.com/releases/surftech_announces_new_ownership/prweb12424079.htm "Surftech Announces New Ownership"] (January 07, 2015). prweb.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.] It specializes in mass-produced [expanded polystyrene](/source/expanded_polystyrene) boards pressed in molds designed by established [surfboard shaper](/source/surfboard_shaper)s.[{{cite book |last=Motil |first=Guy |title=Surfboards |publisher=Globe Pequot |isbn=978-0-7627-4621-7 |year=2007}}, p. 201.][{{cite news |title= Production of Surfboards Overseas Expected to Swell |author= Leslie Earnest|url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/938333581.html?dids=938333581:938333581&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+08%2C+2005&author=Leslie+Earnest&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Production+of+Surfboards+Overseas+Expected+to+Swell&pqatl=google|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121106040243/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/938333581.html?dids=938333581:938333581&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+08,+2005&author=Leslie+Earnest&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Production+of+Surfboards+Overseas+Expected+to+Swell&pqatl=google|url-status= dead|archive-date= November 6, 2012|newspaper= [Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|date= December 8, 2005|accessdate=April 8, 2013}}]
==History==
Surftech was founded in [Santa Cruz, California](/source/Santa_Cruz%2C_California) in 1992 by [surfboard shaper](/source/surfboard_shaper) [Randy French](/source/Randy_French), who wanted to see the industry expand from its focus on individually-shaped boards to efficiently manufactured mass production.[ French had previously owned a [sailboard](/source/sailboard) manufacturing company called Seatrend, where he developed the production techniques he later employed at Surftech. The success of his initial product attracted the interest of other professional shapers such as [Dale Velzy](/source/Dale_Velzy), [Reynolds Yater](/source/Reynolds_Yater), [Donald Takayama](/source/Donald_Takayama), [Mickey Munoz](/source/Mickey_Munoz) and [Robert August](/source/Robert_August).][
Surftech came to the fore at a time of increased focus on new technologies within the surfboard production industry. Whereas traditional boards are made using [polyurethane](/source/polyurethane) foam "blanks" that are then cut and sanded to form by shapers, Surftech uses a process of blowing [polystyrene](/source/polystyrene) into preset [mold](/source/Molding_(process))s designed by its various shapers. The blanks are then coated with [polyvinyl chloride](/source/polyvinyl_chloride), laminated, and finished. This results in a board that is stronger and considerably lighter than traditional polyurethane boards.][
Surftech boards are now manufactured in [Thailand](/source/Thailand) and shipped throughout the world.][ As of 2015, Surftech is owned by Triple D, a Thailand-based investment company.]